Building construction member

ABSTRACT

An elongated stud or beam, formed of sheet material, and provided at each end with protruding sharply pointed tabs. It is intended that the stud would be disposed between upper and lower horizontally elongated wooden, building construction members, with the sharply pointed tabs imbedded in said wooden members to resist withdrawal therefrom, and to further resist lateral displacement of the sheet material stud relative to the elongated wooden members.

United States Patent 11 1 Sylvan 1 51 June 5, 1973 [54] BUILDING CONSTRUCTION MEMBER [76] Inventor: Joseph Sylvan, 27216 Red River Drive, Lathrup Village. Mich. 48076 [22] Filed: July 13, 1972 [21] Appl. No.: 271,296

3,315,393 4/1967 Loull .52/732 X 1,327,292 1/1920 Raymond A l .52/243 X 1,932,157 10/1933 Geruerdts .52/243 X Primary ExaminerJohn E. Murtagh Assistant ExaminerCarl D. Friedman Attorney-Allan J. Murray [57] ABSTRACT An elongated stud or beam, formed of sheet material, and provided at each end with protruding sharply pointed tabs. It is intended that the stud would be disposed between upper and lower horizontally elongated wooden, building construction members, with the sharply pointed tabs imbedded in said wooden members to resist withdrawal therefrom, and to further resist lateral displacement of the sheet material stud relative to the elongated wooden members.

2 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures 1 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION MEMBER FIELD OF INVENTION The field of invention lies in the area of improved construction elements for the frameworks of walls of buildings and the like.

PRIOR ART No preliminary examination was conducted.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION In the conventional form of building construction, it is common to use wooden two-by-fours, and in many wall constructions, to use vertically spaced horizontally elongated upper and lower frame members spaced at predetermined distances, and to then apply to the framework thus constructed sheet material to enclose the wall. The vertical members are known as studs or risers. The assembled construction is secured normally by driving nails into the wooden horizontal members and studs, and of course, into the sheet material which surfaces walls.

SUMMARY AND OBJECT OF THE INVENTION Invention is believed to reside in the provision of an elongated sheet material stud, or construction member,

formed by bending said material, longitudinally thereof, in such a manner as to increase resistance of the material comprising the stud to forces directed transversely thereof, and in the further provision at each end of the stud of sharpened protuberances of sheet material, to be received in associated wooden construction members, thus eliminating the need of nails to secure the ends of the studs to the wooden construction members and expediting construction by saving time.

An object of the invention is to longitudinally bend the edge portions of a sheet metal blank to form elongated panels joined by and spaced apart by a central web, whereby the plane of the web is at an angle obtuse to the respective planes of the respective panels.

A further object of the invention is to longitudinally bend the respective marginal edge portions of a blank at an angle substantially normal to the planes of said respective panels, to form spaced apart, flanges occupying parallel planes, and each flange being longitudinally and laterally coextensive, and in alignment with the other.

Still a further object is to provide at one or both ends of said member, one or more sharply pointed protuberances to be imbedded in wooden constructions materials, to thus resist displacement of the sheet material stud from the assembled construction, by any forces directed transversely of the said studs.

These and various other objects are attained by the construction hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is an elevational view of the construction 4 member clearly illustrating the protruding fastening members, as well as a hole for the passage of electrical conduits and the like.

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view taken on line 2-2 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an end view of the device taken on line 3-3 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is an assembly view, illustrating a plurality of the new construction members, disposed transversely to the horizontally elongated wooden members into which the aforesaid fastening means may be imbedded.

In these views the reference character 1 designates the sheet material construction member generally. It is to be noted that the member is formed by longitudinally bending a sheet material blank to form spaced flanges 2 and 3, it being generally desirable to have said flanges in parallel planes, and with approximately coextensive lateral and vertical dimensions. An elongated panel 5 extends transversely to the plane of the flange 2, and a similar panel is formed transversely to the plane of the flange 3. A web 6 integrally conjoins the inner edge portions of said panels, to complete the for mation of the stud as may be seen in FIG. 3.

It is to be noted that at the juncture 7, of the panel 4 and the web 6, and further at the junction 8 of the panel 5 and the web 6, are outwardly projecting fastening members, having shank portions 9 with parallel edges, and terminating in portions 10 at which the sides of said fastening members converge to a point to facilitate imbedding said fastening members in the material of wooden two-by-fours and the like. The latter members are designated by the letter A in FIGS. 1 and 2. It may frequently be desirable to provide one or more holes 11 through which electrical conduits and the like may be passed, where the construction is used in walls of buildings.

FIG. 4 discloses a proposed use of the stud in construction, in a panel being designated generally as 12, and constituting of an upper horizontal wooden member 13 and a lower horizontal wooden member 14secured in spaced, parallel relationship to each other by a plurality of the sheet metal construction members 1 (no effort is made to show details of the construction members, due to the small scale of the drawing). Specifically, it is proposed that the assembled horizontal and vertical members shall be roughly faced with sheet material 16, 17, such as plywood, which commonly comes in four-byv-eight sheets, although obviously other materials may be used. Theme of sheets of these particular dimensions would facilitate the spacing of the improved stud at two-foot intervals, where permitted by building codes. What I claim is: 1. A building construction member formed from an elongated blank of sheet material and including,

a web extending centrally, longitudinally of said blank, said blank having opposite longitudinal edge portions respectively bent at angles obtuse to the plane of said web to form a pair of panels conjoined by and spaced apart by said web, flanges formed by bending respective longitudinal, marginal edge portions of said panels, each at an angle substantially normal to the plane of said panels, said flanges occupying parallel planes, and being joined by and spaced apart by the interconnecting web and by said respective panels, said panels and said flangesbeing substantially coextensive with said web, and said flanges being in 3 4 said fastening means being flat tabs projecting from member into penetrable members incorporated in the ends of said web and said adjoining angularly a building, and

disposed panels, and each said fastening member having a shank with parallel edges, and

a terminal portion of each said fastening member 5 having the edges thereof convergent to form a bets 7 point, to facilitate penetration of said fastening wherein said parallel edges frictionally resist longitudinal directed withdrawal of said fastening mem- 

1. A building construction member formed from an elongated blank of sheet material and including, a web extending centrally, longitudinally of said blank, said blank having opposite longitudinal edge portions respectively bent at angles obtuse to the plane of said web to form a pair of panels conjoined by and spaced apart by said web, flanges formed by bending respective longitudinal, marginal edge portions of said panels, each at an angle substantially normal to the plane of said panels, said flanges occupying parallel planes, and being joined by and spaced apart by the interconnecting web and by said respective panels, said panels and said flanges being substantially co-extensive with said web, and said flanges being in substantial, mutual registration with each other, fastening means carried at each end of the construction member to secure said construction member in assembly in a building.
 2. A building construction member as set forth in claim 1, said fastening means being flat tabs projecting from the ends of said web and said adjoining angularly disposed panels, and each said fastening member having a shank with parallel edges, and a terminal portion of each said fastening member having the edges thereof convergent to form a point, to facilitate penetration of said fastening member into penetrable members incorporated in a building, and wherein said parallel edges frictionally resist longitudinal directed withdrawal of said fastening members. 